The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-25 00:00:00

AMERICAN PAPERS. T I. .AL OF SUTHERLAND. —Soon after noon on Tuesday lost the Yankee General Sutherland, and his aid-de-camp S. spencer, captured off Point-au- Pele, by the gallant Colonel Prince, after the late bloody engagement in that quarter, were 7orought into town, and securely lodged in our garrison. Yesterday the General was put upon his trial, before a court martial composed of the following officers :—Colonel Samuel P. Jarvis, President; Colonel Kingsmill, Queen's Own; Col. W. B. Robinson, 2d Simcoe; Colonel Carthew, Royal Foresters ; Major Gurnett, Queen's Toronto Guards ; Major W. Devason, Royal Foresters ; Major Henry Fry, ditto ; Captain John Powell, Queen's Rangers; Colonel Fitzgibbon, Judge Advocate. He is tried by the provisions of an Act of our Provincial Legislature, passed during the recent session, entitled, " An Act to protect the inhabitants of this province :against lawless aggressions from the subjects of foreign coun ties at peace with Her Mejesty." We attended the opening of the proceedings, and it ap peared to us that although the general deportment of the prisoner was calm and self-possessed, he seemed taken a little aback when he found by what law be was to be tried. How ever, be bore up upon the whole very well, and without that degree of vulgarity and insolence we expected from him. He stated his profession to be that of a lawyer, and, at the same time, that he knew little of military law on such occasions. He was anxious to know whether the officers who tried him were of the rewular army or of the militia, and whether they were residents of this country. We thought we could perceive a slight beam of satisfaction pass ever his sallow complexion ve'nen informed they were all militia officers. Whatever may be his fate, he can have no cause of complaint of the manner in which he is treated, and the leniency that is shown him. He is allowed the benefit of counsel, so far as consultation goes, but not to plead for him. A copy of the charges, and also a copy of the Act upon which he is tried, has been fur nished to him ; and he is allowed the use of pen and ink. The Court adjourned until ten o'clock this morning. He is a tall, muscular man, of about 5 feet 11 inches in height, with bold and strongly marked features ; a full, etuick, light grey eye, dark sallow complexion, and black hair. He was dressed in a sort of half military blanket frock coat, much resembling those frequently used by the In dians, with dark blue buttons, collar and cuffs, grey pantaloons, with seams of dark blue. It is thought his young Aid-de- Camp, Spencer, will give important evidence.—Toronto Pal Indium, March 14. Postscript of the Toronto Patriot, Wednesday, Marcia r - 4. —We at :p the press to announce that the trial of the Bri gand, Sutherland, has met with a sudden interruption, in consequence of his attempt last night to bleed himself to death by opening veins in his arms and feet. His state of exhaustion is extreme ; ancther half hour and he would have been dead. ANIHERSTRURGIL—We have seen a letter from an officer at Amherstiourgh, of the 12th March, which states that accounts had been received there of 40 of the Americans, wounded in the engagement at Point Pele Island, on the 3d instant, hav ing been taken in for treatment at the hospital in Portland, and that about 30 or 40 were drowned in their precipitate flight aecross the ice. About a dozen of the company of the 8.3 d, who had pursued the runaway brigands about four miles, fell through the ice, but were fortunately rescued by their com rades.— Gazette. MILITARY.—( From the Montreal Courier, March 28.) — The following officers appointed to particular service, recently arrived from England, have been assigned, by a general order of Monday last, the following stations, to which they will proceed, on receiving their instructions. They are to communicate with all Commanding Officers of Volunteer corps, in the section of country to which they are appointed, and to report to the Commander of the Forces. Lieutenant- Colonele—R. Nickle, Quebec; Hon. G. Cath cart, Montreal; E. F. Gascoine, ditto ; R. R. Loring, To. ronto ; W. Marshall, Kingston; C. F. Turner, Cornwall ; W. Cox, Carillon ; C. C. Taylor, St. John's and Hemmingford. Majors—W. F. Williams, Ilissisquoi ; F. A. M. Fraser, Stanstead ; J. Campbell, Coteau du Lac ; P. Young, Press cott ; Anstruther, Niagara; C. Head, Beauharnois. Caytains—G. Baron de Rottenburgh, Toronto ; J. B. Creagh, Beauharnois. The following gentlemen have arrived since the 20th inst. : AT RASCO'S HOTEL—Mr. Blackburn, 85th Regiment ; Lieutenant Duffil, R.N. ; J. R. Taylor, Esq., Assistant-Sur geon to the Forces; Major Carmichael ; Mr. West; Mr. French ; Mr. Johnston ; Captain Creagh ; Captain Weide grave ; and Captain Grattan. Ar ORR'S HOTEL.—A. T. Jackson, Esq., Assistant-Sur geon to the Forces. A TRAGEDY THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATURE.—On Mon day, the 14th inst., the Speaker of the House of Representa tives of the General Assembly or Arkansas, ( Mr. Wilson, of Clark county) rushed Com the Chair upon Mr. Anthony, of Randolph county, with a drawn Bewie knife, and although resisted be his antagonist with a similar weapon, he al io' instantly dispatched him. The provocation was a perso remark aimed at the Speaker, by the unfortunate Member.. Wilson was forthwith arrested by the civil authorities, and name stricken from the roll ef the House, by nearly a u moue vote.—Nnsheille Banner. AMERICAN MONEY MARKET. - NEW YORK, APRIL 2. MONEY AND ExcataN3P.S.—There is no change in the con dition of money. It is scarce, and yet there is no difficulty in milising mosey on undoubted business paper, but of this there is but littie. Money stocks drooe in price, and specie rather goes up. Bills for the packets of April 1 were very heavy. Stirling bills opened at 54 to 6, hut declined to 5 pm. for the best ; on France the closing sales of prime bills were at 5f 471 e. per dollar. Domestic exchanges are no worse than they were a week ago. On the East there is very little varia tion from par. The following were the rates on Southern places : Philadelphia, 31 to dis. ; Baltimore, 35 to 4; Ch 'Heston, 35; Milledgeville, 81; Augusta, ; Mobile 18 discount fur certificates of deposit, and 20 for bank -notes; New 01 leans, 4 ; Natchez certificate s of deposit sold at 30 discount ; Cincinnati, 6 to 7; Kentucky Bank-bills, 81 ; Certificates, 71; Tennessee 20 to 25 wanted. MONEY NIARKET, &e., APRIL 2.—Tilc stock-market con tinues to recede, and the business transacted is every day becoming snore limited. Sales on Saturday of United States Bank at 114 to 114} ; Delaware and Hudson Canal Com pany, 611 ; Plicenix Bank, 91; and Boston and Providence Railroad Company, 95. Utica Railroad Company has re ceded to 110. Specie has advanced a little, and is held at 21 to 2i per cen'. prem. Treasury Notes at ; 1 ,- to a per cent. prem. We learn that in addition to the bid= of the Windsor Bank, those of the Newbury Bank, Wells River, Vermont, will not be discounted on any terms by the brokers in this city. We unable to find in the flies of London Papers which have as y, t reached us by the Europe, quotations of a later date for Atm.rican Socks than the 24th of February, when Louisi ana Five per Cents. were quoted at 96 ; New York Five per Cents. (1845), 91 ; Pennsylvania Five per Cents. (185 1 3), 93. In Mississippi, and New York, and Ohio Six per Cents. nothing has been done. o.lr commercial advices from New Orleans for the week ending 24th ultimo have ben received, which we are happy to observe report some improvement in business, though sales were still limited. The arrangement entered into by the banks had tended .to ease the money market, and the greatest difficulty in the way of a liberal distribution of bank funds is said to be the scarcity of good commercial paper. A large bilaine:s has been done in cotton,• including for the week 20,000 bales at a small improvement in prices, and the United States Bank is said to have purchased 4,000 bales at an advance of fully half a cent. Within a few days some revival of a de mand for specie had occurred; and for American gold and silver 6to 81 pee cent. premium was paid. About 85,000 dolls. had been received on the 24th from Matamoros, and the edvance will probably not be long sustained. Large sales of Treasury not. s were also making at 5 to 6 per cent. premium, and of United States Bank Notes at 3 to 35. rho rates of discount on Mobile, Mississippi, &c., had all advanced, say to 11 to 12 on Mobile, 21 to 22 on Mississippi, and 11 to 12 on Tennessee. Exchange on London had improved to 81, and on New York was at 35 to 4 per cent. premium. A great want of shipping continued, and fully 70,000 bales were waiting vessels. The city continued healthy, arid weather fine. SALES ON SATURDAY AT THE STOCK-EXCHANGE 50 shares United States Bank 10 do. Ditto. 13 do. Union 15 do. American ll5 100 do. Phcenix Bank... 94 200 do. Delaware and Hudson Canal Com- parry 25 do. Ditto l2 days 61 50 do. Ditto b. 15 days 61 100 do. Ditto s. 20 days 61 50 do. Ditto 25 do. Ditto 11 do. Equitable Ins. 80 do. Boston and Povidence Railroad 10 do. New Jersey Railroad 13 do. Ditto 5 do. Boston and Worcester Dolls. 500 do. American Gold 50 do. Vicksburc , Bank slO af. 30 ds. 661 10 do. Haarlem Railroad Company 42ef . . 7 do. Kentucky Bank 5 do. Ditto 13 do. Ditto 74 I 50 do. Utica Railroad 6 do. Ditto 80 do. Farmers' Trust 50 do. American Trust s. 4 ms. 91i 50 do. Ditto 50 do. Manhattan Gas Company... b. 20 ds 9l PARK HOTEL, NORWOOD.—The Marchioness of Wellesley has taken her departure, but will shortly return accompanied by her sister the Marchioness of Carmarthen. The Earl of Cadogan, after a sojourn of several weeks, has left for town in improved health. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, and Mr. and Miss Wynn, left on Friday for town. The Duke of Argyll is expected in a few days. Lord and Lady Jemima Eliot have not arrived, but their youthful family are passing several days at this healthy rendezvous. In the course of the summer a series of dejeuners a lafourchette, under distinguished patronage, will be (riven by the proprietor, on an unusually splendid scale we believe. We hear that M. Dedel, the representative of the King of the Netherlands at the Court of St. James's, is about to pay a visit of three or four weeks to his friends in Holland, having just received permission to that effect from the Hague. 'Hie lUicellency,will probably take lcave of her Majesty to-day 7 at ti 4, Alit , reparatory to his departure. The intended ./. -.*atil'enc : . - del from London indicates that the Con ference . -,, 've Powers is not expected to make any im- Lt! mediate , . pro . ' towards the. adjustment of the affairs of ~., . Holland ititi ilsi —Morning P os t. `.... . - .:', , z - z.-- , ir-4 . le' ' l4 42 a HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Iforning 3'2 minutes after 31 Evening ......... 41) minutes after 3 HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING-ROOM. CAUTION TO THE FASHIONABLE WORLD !! ! As a number of mistakes—of course not intentional—were made by the Newsmen last week, in serving another paper for the COURT GAZETTE, the following distinctions should be noticed : The price is Sixpence, and not , There is a Stamped Supplement, Eightpence. Gratis. The paper is the most beautiful The News is given up to the hour in quality that is mad*. of publication on Saturday. The Type is new and clear. It is published on Saturday After - The Form elegant for binding. noon, consequently the right There are no objectionable ad- paper cannot be served in the vertisements. morning. Advertisements must be sent by Friday. 162, Piccadilly, and 22, Catherine-street, Strand, next door to the " Age " Office. The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 30 minut►s past Four o' Clock. LONDON : WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1838. EMANCIPATION OF THE NEGROES. The citizens of Bath and Dublin have nobly res ponded to the call made upon them, in conjunction with the friends of freedom in every part of the king dom, by the Anti-slavery Society. They have evinced the sincerity of their liberal professions, by the zeal which they have manifested to accelerate the uncon ditional emancipation of the apprenticed negroes in the West Indies. We regret that want of space must pre vent us from doing justice to exertions so praiseworthy, particularly as regards the citizens of Dublin—for a re port of whose proceedings on Saturday last we have not room in our already crowded columns. The Teeting was attended by Mr. O'CONNELL, and resolutions in favour of an immediate abolition of the apprenticeship system were carried unanimously. Of the proceedings at the great meeting held at Bath yesterday, we are happy to be able to furnish our readers with a _very full report. The resolutions which will be found under a separate head, are exceedingly spirited ; but as regards the conduct of the Government, happily unnecessary. Ministers, we are delighted to learn, will offer no further opposition to any measure which may be introduced, having for its object the immediate emancipation of the apprentices. The numerous public meetings held in England, Scotland, and Ireland, during the recess have convinced Lord MELBOURNE and his colleagues, that the voice of the United Kingdom is in favour of immediate, unconditional emancipation ; and we are happy to be able to state that all Cabinet hostility to the measure will henceforth he withdrawn. If the Emancipationists fail a second time—which we arc confident they will not do—the blame cannot be laid at the door of the Cabinet. Government has existed in all ages and countries— before Christianity came into the world and since, where it has never been heard of, and where it is a part and parcel of the law of the land. The principle on which Government is founded, it may be presumed, therefore, is the same in all ages and countries. Men form Governments, and obey them, to be protected in their persons and property. It cannot be, therefore, the first or the chief duty of Government, as Sir RO BERT PEEL and some other unreflecting or hypOcriti cal statemen have asserted, to provide for the religious instruction of the people. Religion relates to another life, and its influence on this life is only the secondary and incidental consequence of its being the means of securing life hereafter. Government, however, con cerns this life exclusively ; it was and is established to promote the welfare of men on earth, and is quite un able to help them heavenward. The whole doctrine above quoted then of the PEEL school of politicians, on which they found the necessity of supporting and extending the national Church, is a plain and palpable absurdity. We should only mock at it, if nothing fol lowed from it ; but it is intended to justify taxing the people for behoof of the Clergy ; and our sense of its ridiculousness gives place to indignation. Sir Ro- BERT and his friends want to befool us to our own wrong. Ile and they call out formore Churches, but if the real condition of the people at large be looked at, and if it be the business of the Government to provide for their earthly, not their heavenly, welfare, there are many things of which they stand much more in need than churches and parsons. In Ireland they are abso lutely starving ; and in England there are thousand:, and even millions, to whom plenty of wholesome food would be far more acceptable and of more permanent advantage than any religious doctrine. We are true Protestants, and cannot abide the Popish principle of obtaining and deserving Heaven by monkish mortifica tions. We say then, that it is the. duty of the Go vernment, before it trouble itself about providing reli gious instruction for the people, to provide them with food. Let it import and grow corn, erect mills, and build ovens, and let it give the people plenty of bread. Let it also raise cattle, or bring them from abroad; let it provide slaughter-houses and butchers, and give the people an abundance of meat. Let it, too, as its chief duty relates to the things of this world, see that they are well lodged, well clothed, and have plenty of fuel. Such suggestions will be laughed at, and the parsons will scornfully tell us that the people must provide themselves with fuel, drink, food, and raiment. Nay, more, they will insist on the industrious classes finding them the means of being comfortable and happy on earth, while th e y p repare t h ese i n d ustr i ous c l asses, by privation and misery, for happiness hereafter. Now we quite agree with those who say that the people should provide these things for themselves ; and we cordially agree with those who say that it is not the duty of the Government to provide food and clothing for the people. But if it be not the duty of the Government to provide them food and clothing, without which they cannot exist, much less be com fortable and happy, and the Government be wholly intended to promote their welfare on earth, how much less must it be the duty of the Government to provide for their religious instruction T. To say, in one and the same breath, that it is the duty of Government to provide for the religious instruction of the people, and not its duty to provide them food and clothing, is to make Government.a human contrivance to secure, not the earthly welfare, but the salvation of mankind. We have frequently turned our thoughts as to the source of the opinion, that statesmen must provide re ligious instruction, and not food, for the people ; and were not long in discovering what we supposed to be its origin. To provide religious instruction implies paying a large class of functionaries to teach it, who unite with statesmen in promoting their views ; and statesmen cherish the teachers of religion, on the same principle as they cherish soldiers—they tend to pre serve authority, and keep the people obedient. Pa tience under suffering is a large doctrine, which in- s ir I& ..,Yt .... ciP r C.,... ' 1 '') - N ,..t 4: e/he ann. WITH WHICH " THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. THE SUN*, LONDON, WEDNESDA Y, APRIL 25, 1838. eludes cheerful submission to political oppression, as well as to unavoidable physical evils. It is an admi rable auxiliary when a Corn-law is to be upheld, im pressment to be ordered, or the Habeas Corpus to be suspended. On the two leading principles by which statesmen have guided their actions, that of multiplying their dependents, and that of controling and coercing the multitude, they have concluded that it was their duty to provide for the religious instruction of their subjects.. To provide them with plenty of food would make them the reverse of tame and submissive. Impediments rather were to be thrown in their way. Rulers were afraid of their subjects, and to quarter on them a large army of priests was, both by the poverty they induce and the doctrines they taught, a remedy for the dread which statesmen always feel of a proud, a noble, and a courageous people. There is, then, on the one hand, the use of the priesthood in making the people poor and subservient ; and on the other, the tendency of plenty of food to make them proud and bold, which has led statesmen to repudiate the duty of providing food and clothing for the people, and eager to perform the duty of providing them with parsons and churches. This leads to a very curious reflection. Govern ment, we say, is intended solely to promote earthly happiness. Now the desire to better one's condition —to rise in the world, as it is called--to obtain more of the good things of life—to win knowledge, and en joy comfort—is the very soul of social improvement. Individual happiness is fortunately comprised in the Chace, rather than in the possession of the things to obtain which this ever-stirring desire prompts our industry. It contains all the germs of social welfare. If the Government itself stand in the way of its grati fication, the Government will be set aside, as parts of every political system, in obedience to the demands of this great desire, are continually improved. To better the condition of individuals, Governments are reformed. To this great principle of social welfare bad Govern ments are opposed, and they call in the help of the priesthood to repress it. To enjoin patience under suffering is to stifle the desire of bettering our condi tion. Thus, a National Church, which inculcates that submission which politicians love, though a useful auxiliary to tyrants, is obviously hostile to the welfare of a free people. Thus, too, a Government which en dows and establishes a National Church, to check the growth of that desire, violates the very first principle of its own existence, and opposes itself to that social wel fare which it is established to promote. We hope that the learned Presbyterian Doctor, who has run away so many miles from his own flock to enlighten us, ignorant and unreflecting Episcopalians, on the important sub ject of a National Church, will take these points into his consideration, and condescend to prove that a Na tional Church, whether it be Episcopal or Presbyterian, promotes social welfare in a greater degree than it ele vates and gratifies the priesthood. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT'S speech at Liverpool, which he delivered in that astonished town on Monday last, fully sustains his character as a twaddler of the first magnitude. There is no falling-off in point of dulness ; no diminution of prolixity ; no abatement of idiotic malignity, or tame, flat facetiousness ; but on the contrary, a manifest increase in all these at tractive oratorical qualifications. The Hon. Baronet spoke about himself, his maladies, and his medicine chest, in a style that might have excited the envy of an old woman twaddling about her " rheumatiz." Egotism, and of the most drivelling order, characterized all he said. " I left London," he observed, " a very poor creature. But I said, let me be ill or not on the road, I will do what an Englishman ought to do—his duty." Excellent man / Who can read, and not reverence, the strenuous patriotism that dictated this remark ? Though he is confessedly "a poor creature," with a " chalk stone " possibly in both heels, yet Westminster's Glory does not hesitate an instant in sacrificing himself, like a CHATHAM, for the benefit of his country ! We protest we know of no parallel to this amazing disinterestedness, except it be the case of old TABITHA BRAMBLE, who, it may be remembered, ill:lied down stairs at midnight into a clamp kitchen, without her shoes, at the hazard of a severe attack of the " rheumatics," in order to make a fire and warm candle for her invalid brother MATTHEW. " England 'a Pride" then went on to inform his delighted hearers, that he had much improved in health since he left London—adding, " the medicine chest with which I was loaded, I have never opened, nor have I done any thing which the doctors prescribed ;" which, in our opinion, sufficiently accounts for his recovery. We say nothing of the amusing quality of these egotistical details, for they speak for themselves ; but what is to be said for the sagacity of a ►nan —and of a man calling himself a statesman too ! who formally promulgates them at a public dinner at Liverpool ; whose whole speech is taken up with allu sions to himself and his medicine-el:lest • and who issues his own official Bulletin of Health, with as much set gravity as if it were a matter in which the whole civilized work! was interested ! For our own part, had we been in such a distressing state as to be compelled to make a choice, we solemnly protest we would far rather have swallowed the contents of " Old Glory's" medicine chest, than have listened for even ten short minutes to the egotistical drivel which he poured forth at Liver pool ; and we have no doubt that many of the enlight ened inhabitants of that town, could they but have known beforehand the sort of infliction that was in store for them, would have adopted the same alter native, and swallowed the physic as the most digestible dose of the two. The Herald has noticed this morning our obser servations of yesterday in a very long article, which we cannot insert at length. The vast amplification of our Contemporary on the possible good which msy arise to some future generation, from keeping the present short of food, and the great disadvantage which would accrue from allowing our merchants to trade just as they please, are exertions of a powerful imagination which admit no other answer than conjur ing up a smiler array of advantages and disadvantages on the other side. To that we can see no end, for men are not to be taught by phrases, however eloquent. They will only learn from facts ; and the foolish, as well as wicked landlords, who by the Corn-law make rent coincident with taxation, will not be convinced of their error till, with the abrogation of the tax, which shall l iful vi n di ca ti on , be destroyed. wi Dec l l l i a n n s t g i r ey t d o l of what the landlords, who put the produce of the ins c e o r7the re H nt er i a ts kf elf s wrong into their pockets, declare to be expedient robbery, we shall only attempt to correct one of the numerous errors of our Contemporary. " The impediment," says the Herald, " created by the Corn Laws, is only the ' impediment' created by all good Go vernment—the impediment,' in short, which laws are designed to offer, to the exercise of free-will in any individual or class, when that free-will has for its object, the infliction of injury on other individuals or classes. The ship-owners, and mer chants, and manufacturers, therefore, would have no social nor equitable right (if they entertained the desire) to force upon the community a commercial system, of which the result must be the destruction of landowners, the confiscation of fanning capital, and the permanent debasement of the whole labouring population, manufacturing as well as agricultural." Now the shipowners, merchants, and manufacturers, and we go along with them, deny positively that the total abrogation of the Corn Laws would inflict any injury on the farmers and landlords. They affirm, on the contrary, that both landlords and farmers would be benefited by the abrogation. But to show in detail the effects of either continuing or abrogating the law, is the sort of proof to which, after so much labour has been spent in vain on it, we yesterday ob jected ; and only now state the question to con tradict the assumptions of the Herald. The error we wish to correct is the assertion that the desire of our merchants and manufacturers is to provide themselves with food from Prussia, is to be classed with that exercise of free will called pocket picking or assasination, which has for its object the inflicting of injury on other individuals or classes. If the exercise of our merchant's free will in bringing food from Prussia incidentally injure the landowners, the merchants most assuredly have no such object in view. They aim at enriching themselves by the exer cise of an honest industry, and to class that with those exercises of freewill which have for their object to ►nflict injury, is to confound all distinctions. If the Legislature may repress the latter, to restrain or impede the former is to go beyond its proper dominion. The just distinction is, that the Legislature may prevent those actions which have the inflicting of injury for their object; but it should leave, free and unfettered, those actions which have no such object, and which only aim at bettering the condition of the agent. The difficulty of ascertaining the consequences of any action is very great, as is exemplified by the discussion on the Corn-laws ; and, therefore, we conclude, in opposi tion to our Contemporary, that where the object of the industry is to improve the condition of the agent, and not wilfully to inflict injury on others, the Legislature is bound to leave that industry free. Our merchants, however, in importing corn, have no other object but to benefit themselves ; their's is a laudable industry, and it is extremely wrong, on the assumption that it may by some possibility inflict injury on others, to impede or restrain it. We shall not now enter fur ther into the subject. By the packet-ships Shakspeare and Cambridge, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday, we have received New York Papers to the 3d inst. inclusive. According to the latest accounts received in that city all was tran quil in the Canadas. The dispersion of the rebels was most complete. Public attention began to be directed to the trial of the prisoners in Upper and Lower Canada, the Courts having been opened for that purpose on the Bth ult. After finding true bills against the accused, the Grand Juries were discharged, and the Petit Juries ordered to attend on the 26th ult., when the trials were to be regularly proceeded with. A Bill granting . his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief the power to pardon criminals accused of high treason before trial, on their petition to that effect, had been adopted by the Legis lature of Lower Canada. Persons absent from the Province under a charge of treason, or for whose ap prehension rewards have been offered, are excluded from the benefit of this Act. Pardons are to be granted subject to a forfeiture of property real and personal, and may include a sentence of expatriation for life. Never was there an Act framed less in a spirit to pro voke premature disclosures. But the matter is of little consequence, as the supreme Government will amply supply the Representative with the powers necessary to the fullest exercise of the divine prerogative of mercy. We are glad to see by accounts from Toronto to the 24th ult., that the citizens of Detroit, Sandwich, and Malden had deputed persons to visit the prisons, and take care that the prisoners were supplied with abundant necessaries, and the means of defending themselves upon their trial. They had also entered into an Association, and passed resolutions, deprecating the idea of a war between Great Britain and the United StateA. There were, however, a host of fellows in Upper Canada, who looked forward with delight to the prospect of a war between the two countries, and who were doing all in their power to promote it. The Kingston Gazette reports that a body of these worthies had assembled in that city, and hung and burnt in effigy not only the actual leaders of the revolt, hut Sir WM. MOLESWOLTH, Mr. GROTE, Mr. HUME, Mr. ROEBUCK, and several others. To show the _ animus of this report, we will copy a sentence from it, which is made the subject of justly indignant comment in the New York papers : " Brother Jonathan, the sympathizer, was represented by a tall, gaunt figure, with ' a real Connecticut phiz,' in green spectacles, white hat with a streamer of black crape, and a cloak —as the Gazette describes the effigy—a real Republi can of the old school, full of the recollections of the Rebellion of '76, modernised into the infamous sympathizer, ready for pelf and plunder, as all huccaniers are—to revolutionize the world, if he could do so to gain that end." This language merits and obtains our unqualified disgust. In fact, the whole tone of the Canada Press is insolent and menacing in the extreme. No wonder, therefore, that the American frontier Press retaliates in a spirit calculated to sow the seeds of a deadly ani mosity between the people of the United States and the British colonists. For the bitterness of feeling already manifested we have to thank Sir FRANCIS BOND HEAD, whose absurd messages were tirades of abuse of the Americans. The Journalists took their cue from the tone of the offie;al effusions of his Excellency the author of the " Bubbles." The news from Washington is not so important as w e had anticipated. On the 24th ult. the Senate passed the Sub-Treasury Bill by a majority of 27 against 25—some of its original supporters, including Mr. COLIIOUN, voting against it on the ground that the Senate had emasculated it by the amendments carried in Committee. The following is the substance of the leading provisions of the Bill, as it has been returned to the House of Assembly : Sect. 1. The President is authorised to cause to be issued, such sum as the exigencies of the Government may require, not exceeding ten millions of dollars. Sect. 2. The Treasury notes authorised to be issued shall be redeemable, one-third in twelve months, one-third in eighteen months, and one-third in two years from their dates ; to bear interest not exceeding six per cent., payable at the Treasury to the holders on presentation. For the redemption of these notes the amount due on bond by the United States Bank of Pennsylvania, and from the deposite banks, and the faith of the United States, are solemnly pledged. Sect. 3. These notes are to be paid to the public creditors, or disposed of in such manner as the Secretary of the Trea sury, with the approbation of tho President, may proscribe. The Secretary to report to Congress, next Session, the amount disposed of, &c. &c. " Thect. 9. Direct; the Secretary to publish monthly the amount issued and redeemed, and prohibits any new issue after the 31st of December, 1839. There were rumours of a change in the Washington Cabinet. With reference to this subject we quote the f o ll ow i n g paragraph from the New York National Intelligencer—a journal usually well-informed upon such matters : .4 Rumours of intended changes in the Cabinet are in circu lation in the city, and repeated with so much confidence that we incline to think there is some foundation for them. The story goes that Mr. Secretary Woodbury is t o accept t h e appointment of Minister to Great Britain ; that Mr. Amos Kendall is to succeed him in the Treasury ; and that Mr. Senator Grundy is to become Postmaster-General. Mr. Butler, it is further said, is to resign the Attorney-General ship, and Mr. Gilpin (now solicitor of the Treasury) is to take his place." Sir FRANCIS BOND HEAD was in New York, on his way to England, on the Ist inst. He was well re ceived by the people of the United States, who ap peared solicitous to make amends for the insult which a few scoundrels had offered to his Lady and family. For a view of the state of the Money-market we refer to an article under that head, which will be found in another column. The French Papers of Monday have all been re ceived. The annexed extracts contain the only news they bring of any interest : A Letter from Logrono of the 14th April, says—" Espar tero's cavalry has arrived at Haro. This General will concen trate his forces at Viadra and Vittoria, and march against Estella by the valleys of Mina and Solona, while the division of La Ribera and a part of the corps of Alaire will cover the Ebro. . . ...._ __ " The report that has been circulated, of Espartero having sent in his resignation, is unfounded. The General has posi- tively dsclared that he will not, in any case, abandon the army. " The Christino Colonel, Corbas, is master of the whole course of the Cima Lemel. Conde has returned with his cavalry to Lodosa." A letter from Estella of the 14th, says, that the forces assembled there by Don Carlos amount to 15,000 men, well armed and equipped, but in want of provisions. The extraordinary levy of recruits ordered by he Junta of Navarre, meets with the greatest difficulties. The men of the country seek an asylum in the place occupied by the Christinos, in order to escape from it. A letter from Madrid of the 14th, published in the Memorial Bordelais, says that Count Torreno was to set out for Paris, to remove the difficulties which the loan meets with. Count Leonard Goruran, General of the province of Cadiz, has just ordered the re-organization of the National Guard of that province. All persons, who, in consequence of their bad moral or political conduct do not merit the confidence of the Ayuntamento, will be excluded from that corps.—Lc Commerce. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, APRIL '2l. Five per Cents.. 107 f. 10c. sc. 40c. 50c. Three per Cents. 80f. 35c. 40c. 45c. 50c. 450. 55e. Bank Actions, 2 , 700 f. Tteute de Naples, 100 f. boc. Roman Five per Cents., 103 103 1 ,4 103. Spanish Actives, 20y, %. Belgian Loan, 103. Belgian Bank, 1,415 f. Dutch Two and a half per Cents., 5511. Haytian Loan. 490 f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 50c.; money, 25f. 50e. Tree months, paper, 25f. 376 e.; money, 25t. 35c. - LAST PRICES, Five per Cents. 107 f. 70c. Three per Cents., SOL 60e. Bank Actions, 2,700 f. Romans, 103. Belgian Loan, 103. Belgian Bank, 1,445 f. Portuguese, N. llaytian Loan, 480 f. Spanish Actives, 21. MONEY and COMMERCIAL MARKET. CITY (THIS DAY), TIVEL YE 0' CL 0 CI. Most of the pri►ate letters received from New York this morning, correspond with the information in the American Papers in respect to commercial affairs, which are of a gloomy description, and say that they have no idea when a change will take place for the better. The affairs in Upper and Lower Canada are of a very fa vourable nature. Both the provinces remain in a state of tranquillity. TDE FUNDS. Consols, which opened this morning at tho closing prices of 931 for the Account, and 933- 3- for Money, have reached 931. Exchequer Bills, 67 69; India Bonds, 75 77; Bank Stock, 2051 ; India Stock, 271. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 20 with Cuu pons ; Portuguese steady at 324 33 a ; Three per Cents., 221 ; Mexican, 273- 281 ; Brazilian 76f 77 ; Dutch Two and-a-Half, 54g. REcICF.L6 , )F FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCF Peluvian T.; ouds Ditt.' Account . Portugueec .S-Nn; (39 Vitio New Banda Ditto Account atto, :3 per — Ditto Ace - mint Yr tzziarl Bcnds Rtts4ian Boi - 4,11, 1822 Ditto A oczunt Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto a - m(18,1M, ...... Ditto Account 20% French, 5 per —f. 4 per cent. l, —c . 3 p:. , r cent L:ectiange ....... —f. Dutch, 3% per cent 54 DittO Aourit ..... 5.04 Ditto, 5 rer cent l-4.); ,3 1 Ditto Account S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. 50 .14.%1i 1 0 ...... 2 ty 3 5 ilway 65 92% 8 9 % %', 4 4 5 t)% =pan y DO 171 5 31 ! 4 ilway 5 26% 27 1 , any 29 17% 15 I 1 21 3 4 5 VAN, Alntnan Bon s 107% 10S Bel Wa n Uonaa Dati Account - 101 Brazilian Bends Ditto Account liaeplos Ayres Bonds Ditto A.scourit Bonds Ditto Account C 3 . iuriabian Boncl&: Ditto Account C3lurabian 80n:15,11424 Dit .o Accniint Bonds Ditto Account Greek Bonsls Ditto Bonds, Nis Ditto Account Mexican Bona, 5 per Ditto Account ..... Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account Ncapelitnsi P.RICES OF SHARES THI, British Iron Company , Nlineas Gereas Bristol and Exeter Railway Company Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow, Pailsey. and Ayrshire Rail Great , estern Railway Company Brighton Railway Compan: ,ondon and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Co Ditto 14 Shares London and Southampton (New) Hai London and Ctoydon Railway Conspa Asphalte, Claridge's Patent Do British 2%V R Do. London Bitumen Bagtenne and Gaujac Bitumen British North American Bank National Bank of Ireland Union Bank of Australia ... " 15M 1114 , 2O IN 7% LNGE YESTERDAY. fiibrultar 4S Leghorn 'l2 Genoa 26 15 Mi1an...... Venice O6 Naples Palermo per oz. 116 Eiabon 53 ix, Oporto 53 Rio Janeiro 2B Bahia Buenos Ayres New York, 21 days sight Philadelphia 46 PRICE!. OF BULLION,.YER OZ. Portugal 601 d, coin ..t0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons New Dollars 4 914 Silver. bars. standard 0 0 0 HALF-PAST ONE. Although there is not much doing in the British Funds, the favourable accounts from Canada have caused them to continue firm, with a slight improvement since the early part of the morning, and at present may be quoted at 93i- buyers for Account; Money 93j- ; Exchequer Bills, 67 69; India Bonds, 77; Bank Stock, 206; India, 270-. Spanish Active, 20:1; i, with Coupons; Portuguese, 32 33+++; Three per Cents., 223 ; Brazilian, 761 ; Dutch, 541. In the Share Market very little doing, and the prices lower. Not a single bargain done in Clarage's Asphalts ; Bastenne down to 24 premium ; Brighton, I/ premium. THREE O'CLOCK COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F. 12 7 Ditto. at aig`tt Rittc.rdam o U l2 7 Antwerp... ........ 13 11W, Altona Paris, 3 days' sigh 25 75 Ditto ..... . ........ 3 Ms 25 95 Marseilles. Baurdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 154 P.,tertsbutgh, ruble 3 Us. 10 Barliu7 3 Vienna, effective 11......2 M 10 14 10 16 Niadrid :35N Barcelotil '_s 15 Consols far Account, 93k. I'HE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 216 Omni am 3 per Cent. Red 9214 India Stock 3 per Cent Cone 93% DittO Fonds 3S, per Cent. 354 per Cent Red 100 1 4 Ditto Old Annuities New f. , < 2 per Cent. 101% Ditto Ncw Annuities : per Cent. Assented — Ex. Bills. 1000! o %d. 67 pm Dissented Ditto 500/ 67 pen Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500/ 67 pm Jan. 1860 __ _ . _.. . _ Oct 1850 l4 13-16 Ind?‘ Stock for Act ..... ...... Jan. 1860 l5 3-16 Consols for Act. FOitEIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent lO3 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent. CD Belgian, 5 per cent lO4 Ditto, New Ditto 33 Br , zilian Bonds 14uenos Ayres, 6 per c .et. — i Russian Bones, 5 per cent ... 111% Chili:in, 6 per cent Ditto, !Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent Ditto ' 1821 ts llanh, 3 per cell. — French, 5 pet cent ... ...... --, — . Greek Bonds, 025,5 per cent. -- Exchange — —.. Mexican, 5 per cent. — French, :1 per cent .. -n Ditto, 6 per cent., 1823 ....... Dutch, 2 4 per cent. 54 reruvian. 189.5. 6 per rent ... Ditto, 5 ner rent. CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. (THIS DAY.) Bristol and Exeter Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow ltailway 5 Gre.t Western Railway 93 London and Brighton 11,:ilway l4 London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Ditto Quarter Shares London and Southampton (New) London and Croydon Railway Northern and Eastern Railway 4. North Midland ltailway 4l yi The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have been passing the holidays at Sion House. His Grac© suffers occasionally from severe attacks of the gout. The celebrated Mr. J. Sturge, and Mr. Northouse, have been elected Members of the National Education Society, which is eminently successful ; while that at Somerset House is falling into decay, and will no longer receive the Government allowance. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY EVENING.—Sir F.Head, stayed here only a few hours' and proceeded by the Railway train to London, at half-past two P.M. Sir F. appeared in good health. His Majesty arrived here yesterday at half-past five, accompanied by General Fagel, and immediately appeared in the balcony of the Palace ; and there, as in passing through the city, he was most cordially greeted by the assembled multitude. The Crown Prince and his two eldest sons, and Prince Frederick, are expected to-morrow. We hear that the Hereditary Prince intended to set out on Wed nesday for Germany, accompanied by General Bagelaar— Dutch Papers, April 2 4. Mr. Strauss' Third Concert took place, at the Queen's Concert Rooms, Hanover-square, yesterday morning. The following was the arrangement of the concert :—Part L Overture du Serment, Auber ; Le Philomelen Valse, Strauss ; Introduction and Variations for the Flute, composed and executed by Robert Frisch ; Paris Galopade, Strauss ; Les Bouquets, Strauss. Part IL, La G a b r i e ll e V a l se, Strauss; Introduction (Siege of Corinth), Rossini; Ball Racketen Valse, Strauss; the Telegraphe Musicale, a grand Pot-pourri, Strauss. No orchestra that we have ever heard produces an ensemble equal to that of Mr. Strauss; it is ab solutely perfect in its combination, an d t h e d eta il s o f w hi c h , i f we are to judge by the individual talent prominently b, ought forward, are of first-rate excellence. Le Philolemen Valse was exquisitely performed. The i n t ro d uct i on and var i at i ons f or the flute by Mr. Frisch was also, in p o i n t o f co mposition, purity of tone, and admirable execution, a gem of the morning. La Gabrielle Valse, to our thinking, was the moat perfect of all the performance; the admirably subdued accompaniments during the solos, the splendid effects of the brass instruments, left nothing to be desired. The room was tolerably well filled by a very fashionable audience, among whom we no ticed many of the very elite of the Beau Monde. We advise our musical readers to avail themselves of the earliest oppor tunity to hear these talented artistes. The next concert is on Friday evening at Willis's Rooms. DEATH OF SIR JAMES FERGUSSON, OF KIL KERRAN, BART.--We regret to have this week the painful duty of announcing the demise of Sir James Fergusson, of Kilkerran, Baronet, w h o exp i red at 5, Ch ar l ot t e -square, Edin burgh, on the 14th instant, aged seventy-three years. The venerable Baronet was, in 1799, united to Jane, second daughter of the late Sir David Dalrymple, Bart, of Hailes, who died in 1803 ; and by his second marr i age to L a dy Henrietta Duncan si , ter of the Earl of Camuordo,-in ; and is succeeded in , his title and estates by Ch ar l es D a l rymp l e Fergusson, of Ha!les, advocate, the eldest son of the first marriage.--Ay Advertiser. • :~ QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) This being St. Mark's day the Judges wore t robes. Leir cril RAMSAY V. ELMS. Mr. ERLE moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted in this case. This was an action for slanderous words spoken of the plaintiff by the defendant. It was tried at Exeter, before Lord Denman, and a verdict given for the plaintiff, damages 401. The plaintiff was Churchwarden for a parish in Exeter, in 1813, and was lately again candidate for the office. The slanderous words applied to the plaintiff were that he had refused to render proper accounts of certain sums which had passed through his hands, amount ing to between 2,000/. and 3,0001., and that, in particular Ed sum of 3001. had been abstracted in a way liable to great sus picion. Mr. Erle moved for a new trial on the ground that. the plaintiff was not filling an office of trust at the time this language was applied to hiln.—Rule granted. 3/I`UftE V. FRASER. Mr. CRESWELL moved for a conditional rule for a new L'ial in . this case, tried at Liverpool before Mr. Justice Coleridt;:e7 when a verdict was given for the defendant. The COURT would take time to consider respecting its decision. Totiso U. aowLEs. Mr. ERLE, in this case, moved for a new trial, on the ground of improper admission of evidence, and misdirection of the Learned Judge. This was an action of trespass, for breaking through a close, stated to be the property of the plaintiff. It was tried before Mr. Justice Bosanquet, at Cambridge, and 8 verdict given for the plaintiff. The defence set up was, that the close was not the property of the plaintiff. The evidence of possession set up by plaintiff was, that he had employed a boy for some time on the close to drive the birds off, and that he had been rated for the property. With respect to the first evidence of possession which had improperly weighed with the Jury, evidence was rejected that the defendant Rowles had immediately warned off the boy, who had accordingly left the close ; and with respect to the second point, it could only be fairly presumed that the plaintiff had, in order to obtain some show of possession, requested the collector to get him assessed for the property, which was accordingly done. This rating could not be construed into proof of actual possession. And ; in fact, the rating to the amount of 16s. Bd. was not for the close itself, but for some old wood upon the close. The COURT would consult with Mr. Justice Bosanquet, and consider its judgment. BAIL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice WILLIAM& took motions, but nothing of general Interest occurred. Nothing of any public importance occurred to-day in any of other Courts. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(TELIS DAY.) DEAL, APRIL 24.—Wind E.N.E., moderate.—Arrived from the river and proceeded the Othello, Alexander, for Honduras ; William Foster, Young, for Nassau; and James Harris, Wright, for Quebec. Sailed the Gambia, for Africa. The Lady Kennaway remains. Arrived and proceeded for the river the Anna, Greystone, from Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind SAE. to S.E., fine.—Arrived the Madagascar, Walker, from Calcutta, sailed from St. Helena the 7th ult. ; and Leopard, from Messina. Sailed her Majesty's ship Hastings, for Quebec; her Majesty's ship Charybdis, for Plymouth; Molly Mont e, Rowlands, for Quebec; and Nautilus, Luckie, for Demerara. PLYMOUTH, Aram 23.—Wind N.W. FALMOUTPI, APRIL 23.—Wind W. to N.W., fresh breezes.—Arrive d the Magnet Packet, from Halifax, sailed the 27th ult. Arrived off port the Camden, Hayes, from Leghorn. Sailed the Liverpool steamer , Lewis, for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar. Her Majesty'‘ ship Vestal, with troops from Cork, arrived at Halifax the 27th March The Brisois Packet, which sailed from Falmouth the 6th January, ha d not arrived at Halifax when the Magnet left. _ . DUBLIN, APRIL 23.—Arrived the Alacrity, Page, from Liston ; Nancy, Way, from London ; and Ballinasloe steamer, from London. HULL, APRIL 24.—Arrived the William Darley steamer, p lol ' Scott, and Rob Roy steamer, from Hamburgh. SALCOMBR, APRIL 24.—Arrived ofrport the Border Chief, Charente' SPf&NAG/I, APRIL 24.—Arrived the Jane, from St. Vincent's. SIIIIILDS, APRIL 24.—Arrived the John Henderson, from Lisbon. The Sir Francis B. Head, Reavely, from Hull to Miramichi, has P 4 into this harbour leaky, asd is discharging her ballast. The Sir John Campbell, from Savannah to Liverpool, was •n shore al Bermuda the 4th ult., bilged; crew and part of the cargo saved. The Pauline, Van der Pierre, bound to Ostend, was aground in the New Channel (Liverpool) yesterday. The Hebron, Burns, from Liverpool, has arrived at Bermuda, l ea k 9 &e., bound to Boston. HAYMARKET THEATRE. sass Miss Elphinstone appeared last night as Julia, in the e Hunchback, and most amply sustained our previous opiniort 0 her merits. In poetic feeling, keen sensibility, and thiz! pathos which lies too deep for utterance, s he " 5 d incomparably the first tragic actress of the present ia)" Like Miss O'Neil she trusts to nature for effect, our sympathies along with her, till we forget the actress In t r charming illusion of the scene. The part of Julia had "eld a better representative than Miss Elphinstone ; and we could envy the feeliniss of wonderment and pride of the actor in beholding his beautiful creation embodied so exquisitely; , He must have occasionally doubted when he saw the workings 01 nature so truly developed, whether he had not borrowed fro m the actress the very sentiments which she was illustrating in all their living beauty and impassioned eloquence. As art is but the handmaid of nature —the shadow, not the sub.stance--- how great indeed must the triumph be when we mistake the one and earribees for the other I Yet so it was last night in the personatiors of Julia. Miss Elphinstone has studied the character so well —a woman's character in all its bearings—innocence, love, folly, pride, remorse, and that sincerest of all pleasures, the enjoyment resulting from the devotion of a repentant heart, triumphing in the mastery of its struggles If we have any fault to find with Miss Elphinstone, it is that sheo was natural overmuch. Had she studied to make " points,. or hits," she might have astonished the natives more , and have pleased the critics less. When Clifford is plying his suit, her bye play was admirable, and her manner of saying " How much he speaks like Master Walter," was exceedingly happy. If she had more confidence in her self, she would be still more effective ; but confidence, "14 genuine merit, can only be the result of time and circumstaece —with ordinary minds, it is often mistaken for presumption; In the earlier part of the play, Miss Elphinstone appeared a le take matters easy ; but as the hues of passion deepened, 0_ seemed to revel in their intensity. The other characters ,ere represented with excellent judgment, particularly Helen by ,fir s. represented who entered into the very spirit of the scene 07 ", a gusto that elicited much applause. The play was annotme,e'.' for Thursday and Tuesday next, and was responded to witn acclamation. Mr. Knowles was called for, made his appearance, 4nd re tired amid the roar of happy voices. CHORAL HARMONIC SOCIET One of the public Concertsof the above Society , w": 1: usual place of meeting for practice is in Store-street, Be dfor square, was given last night, at the Hanover-square 10°ni It is, as some of our readers may be aware, an amateur tution, supported by subscription, and carried on with c on-i _s derable spirit and perseverance. The Concert of last night 11., performed in a way highly creditable to the members, and ma,_. of the selected pieces evinced much judgment on the part of Managing Committee. Haydn's beautiful symphony, 1 " . ;„ 6 of the twelve, in B flat, which was the opening piece , ,t % . 5 played with great correctness ; the andante movemert,',), particularly effective. The stringed instruments, of wu l- h there was a large body, ably led by Mr. Dando, althou.ga nearly all amateurs, did their duty con amore, and the vi` lo band, most of them prof e ssi ona l gen tl emen , were ver y e ff e ctive' Amongst the singers we had Mr. Wilson, Mr. Roche, Purday, Miss Dolby, Miss Thompson, and Miss St ee i , — ; Mr. Wilson was encored in " My boyhood's home," of . 11 ° ° , 1 7 1 : and Attwood's " The soldier's dream." Mr. Purday, in " battle of Ilohenlinden," sang very e ff ect i vely • 'and Af': Roche's " Amor Perche," o f M oses , was given with exqu isott, feeling, and was perhaps the most admired piece of the 1 0 ' 1° evening. Although in th e Fi rs t P art of the Concert the" ° were four compositions of Rooke introduced, their extreme beauty reconciled us to the frequent repetition of that gentle man's name in the programme. A solo on the violin by At ° r :. Turrell, a young gentleman w ho is, we b e li eve , a pupil of t “ - f Academy, was played with singular power and richness tone, and evinced ability which must one time or other plat him high in rank amongst the elit e of the music al profession. The Second Part of the Concert was com posed entirely of selections from Weber's Der Freischntz' We do not, however, consider this circumstance as evincl the same judgment on the part of the Committee us they Pa to displayed in the previous arrangement. The acco mpanirne, n of this opera are not only so excessively difficult a s to be be of yond the reach of amateurs, but in continuous pieces, not e. actly suited to the concert room, when what is very effe c ":„, on the stage, aided by dress and situation, is frequently he e ', and tedious. The opening movement of the Overture wa s very well played, and the spirited finale well kept up, b ut little too slow in point of time. Miss Th om p son in the bea utl„ . ful scene " Softly sighs," showed much ability, but the ticen paniments did not hang well together. The ssena concla c t with Mozart's Overture to Clemenza da Tit o , well played , .1 ) 4 not near so quick as we have been accustomed to hear it. ' ought to have mentioned, that one of the features of the Cc% cert was the large body of chorus employed, and who, tlO u g s i.. all we believe amateurs, 'gave much efficiency to the comP bc tions in which they were engaged; amongst which maY noticed two admirable choruses by R oo k e , " Tarry not" ens T o the mountai n ." Th e g l ee and chorus, " The Red -cros h Knight," with an instrument a l i n t ro d uc ti on , w e did not m uc ... admire, and would much rath er h ave h ear d C a llcott's ch ar a h ' o teristic piece, in its original and unadulterated state. " , Y , • ' concert was much t oo l ong , an d did no t terminate till naa twelve o'clock. TI LE TILEATRE.—This, above all other diver sions, ont is ue m proper iddie a and p e T a h s i e n g m i r d a d t h l e e r o t f o o t u h r e ydoauyns i s g or old t han to gener allY g taken up in th e hurry and eagerness of business; but th e days - we pass bef ore we m i ng l e w ith the world, and after we are re tired from it, arc the seasons wherein plays well acted g ilo greatest pleasure. Young men learn from the stage tt knowledge o f th a t w or ld they are scarcely yet acquainted witu' Old men look back on the road which they have pas se through with equal delight and satisfaction.—Steele. The Synod of Dumfries, at their meeting o n Tues'i day, agreed, by a majority of 16 to 5, to overture the Genela Assembly to enact that every presentee who shall he reafter transfer any case respecting himself, in his status as a li centiate or presentee, from the decision of an Ecclesiastical to the Civil Court, or who shall homologate such a transference, shall, ipso fix/0, be deprived of his license. The questior gave rise to a long discussion. HEIRS AT LAW, AND NEXT OF KIN.- Upwards of Seven Hundred ADVERTISEMENTS, which have appeared in the Daily Papers within the last Twenty Years, will be RE-PUBLISHED in the successive Numbers of the WEEKLY TRUE SUN, beginning the 29th of April. The WEEKLY TRUE SUN is a Large Quarto Paper of M Forty Columns, Price 5d., conducted by D. W. HAR VEY, Esq., .P., to whom communications may be addressed, at 366, Strand. Orders w ill be executed by all Postmasters and Newsmen in the United Kingdom.